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4Law-s Patent No. 76,024, time' March 24, 185s.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE POR OPENING HAIR ROPE.

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B'e it known that I,.PHILIP WISDOM, of the city, county, and State-of New York, have invented a new and ,improved Machine for Picking Curled Hair; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof?,l which will enable `others skilled in the art to malce and use-the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figurev 1 represents a side elevation, partly in section, of my improved hairpicking machine.

Figure 2 represents a plan or top view of the same. l

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the same. p

Figure 4 is adetail transverse section of the same.

Figure 5 is a detail end view of the swivel-hook-holding the hair rope.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new machine for picking hair from hair ropes. The hors-hair to'be used for upholst'erinlgand other purposes' is twisted into a rope, so that it will become curled, whichrop-e may, if desired, Ibe turned into a coil, so as to increase the curls in the hair. The hair4 has then to be picked from the rope, so'as to become perfectly separated and ready for the market. To pick the hair from such hair ropes is the' object of' myjnvention.' K i o The invention consists, first, in the arrangement ofthe device for untwisting the rope. The same consists of a revolving tube, through which the rope passes, and of an arm projecting from one end of'the tube, and carrying a spool, the axis of which is at about 'right' angles with -that of the 'tube. The rope Yisiwound once around the spool, which revolves around the axis ofthe tube, and thus the twist is taken out of the rope as it is being draw'uahead. That end ofthe rope which is not being acted upon is attached to a swivel-hook, which is secured to a sliding block. The latter is guided on a wire or other rail, so as to move .towards the machine as the rope becomes shorter.

The invention consists, secondly, in the construction of the aforesaid swivel-hook. The same is made of two lspring-plates, the' ends of which are bent towards each other, and are pointed, so as to grasp the rope between them. A sleeve sliding on the plate presses them together, so as to clamp the rope when the' sleeve is on the front end of the plates. When the' rope becomes so short that it cannot be held by the hook, th e latter is dra-wn against the tube, and thereby theV sleeve is pushed back on the plates, so as to release the rope.

Theinvention also consists-inthe construction of the beater for separating the fibres from the untwistcd rope. These beaters are smooth'bars, of circular,`oval o-r angular cross-section. They. project from a 'evolving drum or cylinder, and strike the hair as they come out from between tw'o elastic feed-rollers, and hang down over the rounded edge of aplate which is in front of the lower one of the two elastic feed-rollers.

vI am aware that hair has already been picked by means of toothed cylinders, plates, or bars, and I wish to have it understoodthat I use smooth bars, plates, or cylinders. I f i A, in the drawing-represents the frame of my improved hair-picking machine. In the same are the bearings for a horizontal axle, B, which Areceives motion from any suitable. mechanism. l C is a horizontal axle, receiving its 'metion from the axle B, or otherwise, and carrying a disk, D, as shown. From this disk, motion is imparted by friction, or otherwise, to one our more horizontal tubes, E, each'mounted eccentrically in a tube', a, that has its bearings in' the frame A. The tubes a a are provided with handles b b, by means of which they can be turned, and thus, as the tubes a' are turned, the tubes E'will be raised or lowered at will, and will thereby vbe thrown in orout of gear with the disk D, as may be desired. From one end of each tube E projects an arm, c, on` which a roller,- d, is mounted, scthat its 'axis is' at about right angles to that of the tube E, as shown. rlfhc position of theserollers nl is such that a rope drawn throughlthe tube E, and wound around the roller d,

v will romain in its proper direction, as indicated in'tigfl.Y The rollers d are between the'tubes E and two horizontal feed-rollers; F G, which receive their motion from suitable mechanism. The two rollers F G are either made of or coated with India rubber or other suitableelastic mate'rial, and one of them is pressed against the other by means of springs e e', as shown. YFrom the'shaift B projects a seriesof smooth, straight or bent bars,

l II, which, when the shaft revolves, sweeppast the rollers F Gr, as indicated in iig. 3. Y Fastened to the frame A, below the lower roller G, is a plate, I, having a rounded upper edge, which' is' about in line with the airis ot' the roller G, and `close to the side ofthe roller, as indicated in tig. 1. l'One end ofthe hair ro'pe to'be untwisted and picked is heldin a clamp, J, .which consists ot` two spring-platesQff, attached to a block, g, and having bent-down toothed' ends, as shown. Upon them slides a perforated plate or sleeve, h, which, when it is inoved to the outer ends of the plates f, asin iig-[1, locks their toothed ends together, so that they will firmly hold the rope, as shown. The block g is swivelled to a plate, I-I, which is suspended from and slides en a wire or other rail, Ii, of suitable length. v To each Vtube E employed in the apparatus is arranged one rail, L', block, K, and swivel-clamp, J. l

u The operation of the apparatus is as follows: One end of the rope to be uptwisted is fastened in the c lariip J, and the ropeis drawn through the tube E, wound around the .roller d, and its other Aend inserted between the rollers F G. When, new, the machine is set in motion, the rope will beuntwisted as.it leaves the rollend, and will, when it leaves t'he rollers F G, be perfectly'loose, so that the beaters, when they strike the protruding end\ot` the rope, will Aseparate the" harsfroru each other and from the rope, as indicated in figs. 1 and 2. As soon as the clamp J reaches theitube E,`tl1e plate will be arrestedby the edge of the tube'E, against which it strikes, and thus the rope-end will bereleased and wholly used u-p. By means of the handles b, the tubes can be instantaneously thrown out of'gear whenever desired.

Instead of having the beaters H H arranged as described, they may also be arranged directly in front of the rollers F G on the periphery of a cylinder whose axis is parallel with that ofthe rollers F G, or otherwise; and I do not confine myself to any particular mode ot'. arranging the beaters, as long as they are smooth on their striking-edges. A

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as ne\v,- and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' I. 'Ihe revolving tube E,- opernted by the disk D, and arranged ecoentrioally within the tube a, having the handle 6, said tube E having eccentrically upon its face the arms c, bearing the roller d, whose revolutions are caused by the passage of the'ropc, as and for' the purpose herein shown and described.

2. The smooth beaters H, in combination with the plate I, rollers F G, rollers d, tubes a E, and clamp J, as herein described for the purpose specified. l

3. The loose conical roller d, when 4arranged in relation to and combined with tube E, for the purpose described.

' 4. The swivel-clamp J, when made substantially as herein shown and described, and when provided with the slidingplate or sleeve 7L, in combination with the tube E, substantially as herein specified.

5. The plate I, having curved upper and 'lower edges, arranged and combined with the rollers F G, and with the beaters H, as herein described foi-'the purpose specified.

6. The arrangement andcombination, with 'each other, of the rail L, blocl: K, swivel-clamp J, tube E,

oller d, rollers F G, plate I, and beaters H, all made `and operating substantially as herein shown and descrbed.

-.PHILIP WISDOM.

,in the manner and Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMARA, ALEX. F. Ronnms. 

